News archive 2010

New research by scientists in the department and at the Sanger Institute has provided definitive molecular evidence for the role of key proteins in holding together the chromosomes of mammalian eggs until the egg is ready for fertilisation Published: 10 December 2010

We invite applications for PhD supported by BBSRC, MRC, EPSRC, Wellcome Trust, Cancer Research UK, Clarendon Fund and other studentships. Training is delivered through the DPhil in Biochemistry and associated PhD Programmes in the Medical, Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences, in a state of the art multidisciplinary research environment. Published: 7 December 2010

Dr Mark Wormald, a lecturer in the Biochemistry department, has received an Excellent Teacher Award from the University. He was presented with the award by the Vice-Chancellor at a ceremony at Rhodes House in October Published: 17 November 2010

A group of scientists in the Biochemistry department together with colleagues in Romania have discovered a novel approach to developing treatment against HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C infections Published: 1 November 2010

Micron Oxford has been launched, seeking to understand the fundamental biological processes taking place in cells, by observing at high spatial and temporal resolution the molecular machines responsible for cellular function Published: 1 November 2010

A group of Oxford University students and young postdocs who won the chance of putting together an issue of a professional biochemistry magazine, have now had their winning entry published Published: 5 October 2010

'I'm a Scientist, Get me out of here!' has found its very own kings (and queens) of the laboratory, as chosen by 5,000 school students from across the UK, and one of those, Mark Roberts, is in the Department of Biochemistry. Published: 9 September 2010

This Summer, the department once again opened its doors to sixth-formers taking part in the University's UNIQ summer school programme. Five hundred students from schools around the country came to Oxford for a week for a taste of what it is like to be an Oxford undergraduate Published: 13 August 2010

Researchers in the Biochemistry and Physics departments have applied an old technique to a new problem to reveal detailed information about how a protein's structure changes as it carries out its function Published: 10 August 2010

The chains of sugar molecules, or carbohydrates, that cover the outside of the highly variable HIV virus remain constant, are different from those found on human cells, and could form the basis of a promising new approach to an AIDS vaccine, according to research led by the University of Oxford. Published: 27 July 2010

Researchers in the Biochemistry and Physics departments have used single-molecule imaging to show that the precise molecular details of DNA replication in the bacteria E.coli differ from how they have been portrayed in textbooks for years. Published: 8 July 2010

Researchers in the department have engineered changes in a widely-used molecular detection and targeting tool that will enable it to be used in an even greater range of biological and clinical applications Published: 26 May 2010

Intriguing new work from researchers in the Biochemistry department along with collaborators at Harvard University has finally shed light on the function of a feature of vertebrate genomes that has eluded researchers for over 20 years Published: 24 May 2010

A new paper describing the latest developments in the Coot software, from Dr Paul Emsley in the Department and colleagues, has been published in April's issue of Acta Crystallographica. Published: 19 April 2010

A group of researchers in the Biochemistry Department has shown how it might be possible to exploit a weakness in the evasive strategies of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) to develop an effective vaccine against it. Published: 19 April 2010

Professor Raymond Dwek, along with Professor Baruch Blumberg and Dr Richard Lerner (Honorary members of the Department), received the Honoris causa award from the Romanian Academy of Science in Bucharest on March 23 Published: 30 March 2010

Scientists and the public alike will gather amongst the dinosaurs and dodo at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History on March 9 at an annual lecture in honour of one of the 20th century's outstanding scientists - Dorothy Hodgkin Published: 2 March 2010

Professor Judith Armitage and her group in the Biochemistry Department, together with other researchers in the University, have made the first steps towards being able to identify interacting partners in signalling pathways and potentially engineer a bacterial cell that can sense and respond to novel environmental cues Published: 11 February 2010

The Department of Biochemistry has been selected to participate in the BBSRC Vacation Bursaries scheme as one of BBSRC's top training environments. Four placements are available this year Published: 9 February 2010

Budding scientists will have the opportunity this Summer to find out what studying Biochemistry in Oxford is really like, as applications open for the University-wide UNIQ summer school programme. Published: 2 February 2010

It's the most dramatic step in cell division and the point of no return in this perfectly orchestrated series of events - the moment when the two sets of chromosomes are pulled apart as a single cell prepares to become two Published: 22 January 2010